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Copy and paste text
To quickly reuse text, copy it from one location and paste it to another. You can also copy and paste just the style of the text to easily match text style to other text in your image.
Copy and paste text
Select the text you'd like to copy.
Note: If you want to remove the text from its original location, choose Edit > Cut instead.
Choose Edit > Copy (from the Edit menu at the top of your screen) or press Command ⌘ + C on your keyboard.
- Place the insertion point where you want the text to appear, then do one of the following:
- Paste the text with its current formatting into a new paragraph: Choose Edit > Paste, or press Command ⌘ + V on your keyboard.
- Paste and match the style of the text where you’re pasting: Choose Edit > Paste and Match Style or press Option ⌥ + Shift ⇧ + Command ⌘ + V on your keyboard.
Pixelmator Pro User Guide
- Welcome
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Pixelmator Pro basics
- Intro to Pixelmator Pro
- Interface overview
- Pixelmator Pro tools
- Zoom, scroll, and rotate the image canvas
- Undo or redo changes
- Choosing colors
- Use the Pixelmator Pro Photos extension
- Print a Pixelmator Pro document
- Text field math
- Customize your app
- Use the Touch Bar with Pixelmator Pro
- Automate tasks in Pixelmator Pro
- Create, open, and save images
- Automatically edit images
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Working with layers
- About layers
- Raster and vector layers
- Video layers
- Color adjustments and effects layers
- Create layers
- Replace image
- Use the Arrange tool
- Select layers
- Move and align layers
- Resize, rotate, and flip layers
- Transform layers
- Convert layers into pixels
- Use rulers
- Use alignment guides
- Organize and manage layers
- Use layer masks
- Use clipping masks
- Open and edit images with Portrait Masks
- Customize layers using layer styles
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Adjust image colors
- About adjusting colors
- Working with color adjustments
- Reading histograms
- Automatically improve the look of an image
- Working with RAW images
- Automatically match image colors
- White balance an image
- Adjust hue, saturation, and vibrance
- Adjust lightness, clarity, and texture
- Selectively adjust clarity and texture of an image
- Selectively balance the colors in an image
- Adjust individual colors in an image
- Adjust the levels of an image
- Adjust the tonal curve of an image
- Replace one color in an image with another
- Remove color from an image
- Manually convert a color image to black and white
- Convert an image to black and white with a color tint
- Apply a sepia tint
- Fade the shadows or highlights of an image
- Mix the color channels of an image
- Invert the colors of an image
- Apply a vignette
- Sharpen an image
- Add film grain to an image
- Apply LUTs
- Color adjustment presets
- Color management
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Retouch and reshape areas of an image
- About retouching and reshaping images
- Remove an object from an image
- Copy part of an image from one area to another
- Lighten a specific area of an image
- Darken a specific area of an image
- Make a specific area of an image more vibrant
- Desaturate a specific area of an image
- Sharpen a specific area of an image
- Soften a specific area of an image
- Smudge a specific area of an image
- Warp a specific area of an image
- Bump a specific area of an image
- Pinch a specific area of an image
- Twirl a specific area of an image
- Create and apply effects
- Paint and erase
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Make selections
- About selections in image editing
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Select precise areas of an image
- Quickly select an object or area in an image
- Snap a selection around an object or area in an image
- Draw a freehand selection
- Make a straight-edged selection
- Select similarly colored areas of an image
- Make a rectangular selection
- Make an elliptical selection
- Make a column selection
- Make a row selection
- Select a color range
- Select all opaque areas of a layer
- Select the entire image
- Automatically select a subject in an image
- Adjust selections
- Refine selections
- Move, copy, and delete selected areas
- Convert selections into shapes
- Draw shapes and vector graphics
- Add, edit, and format text
- Resize, crop, and straighten images
- Export and share images
- Pixelmator Pro keyboard shortcuts